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Work & commute · Flat Rock

Work & commute in Flat Rock, IN

Most working residents leave Flat Rock for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (40%), Hope (7%) and Shelbyville (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
9 of 707 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
41 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 698 Flat Rock residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 151 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Flat Rock.

698live here, work elsewhere
9live and work here
151work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Flat Rock goes to work

HartsvilleHopeEdinburghGreensburgSeymourShelbyvilleFranklinBloomingtonColumbusCarmelFlat RockRock CreekColumbusHarrisonHaw CreekClayWashingtonGermanSchaefer LakeColumbusHopeShelbyvilleFranklinGreensburgSeymourHaw CreekEdinburghBloomingtonCarmelFlat Rock
1
Columbus7.5 mi away
40%282
2
Hope4.4 mi away
7%47
3
Shelbyville17.5 mi away
3%20
4
Franklin17.3 mi away
3%20
5
Greensburg18.9 mi away
2%17
6
Seymour24.5 mi away
2%16
7
Haw Creek6.2 mi away
2%11
8
Edinburgh7.1 mi away
1%10
9
Bloomington37.3 mi away
1%10
10
Carmel48.7 mi away
1%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
37%264

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Flat Rock commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

47%Under 10 mi
25%10–24 mi
18%25–50 mi
11%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Flat Rock is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident
A commuter town

0.23 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Flat Rock are

160 jobs are based in Flat Rock. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Flat Rock’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Flat Rock

160 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)39%
Trade, transport & utilities12%
Services (health, schools, offices…)49%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month44%
Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Flat Rock residents hold

707 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)36%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)47%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month62%
+55%

Jobs based in Flat Rock, 2013 → 2023: 103 → 160. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.
Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.
Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

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